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Join us on March 8th wandering through some busy colorful backstreets ... a stunning view, a 16th cent. tiled mosque and much more. Time to observe and soak up the atmosphere... </div>
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Early one morning in the old Jewish quarter of Balat, a Synagogue has been brought back to life. It is such a pleasure to the senses to see an untouched building, not ruined by "restoration" in it's true form.<br />
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Sneaking into the ballroom of Pera Palace for a quick shot with 4 lovely Irish sisters... </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This very popular photography walk brings you through the back streets of the 500 year old Grand Bazaar past the touristy clutter and into the areas where time stands still. We go through it’s narrow passages, a labyrinth of streets, onto its varied rooftops and into it's dignified Byzantine Caravansaries, where we visit Armenian silversmiths and Kurdish textile wholesalers. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215170946988020297.post-76239851855133314612015-06-16T01:26:00.002+03:002015-06-16T01:26:39.841+03:00Sana'a Yemen by Dr.Mario Livadiotti 1978<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215170946988020297.post-78531637654250426262015-05-30T20:43:00.003+03:002015-05-30T20:43:59.883+03:00A series of photos by Julia Cooke, inspired by JR's work, "Wrinkles of the City". <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215170946988020297.post-45790071665206898622015-05-29T23:20:00.000+03:002015-05-29T23:25:04.960+03:00The Last Find of the Day<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215170946988020297.post-53650012634538374542015-05-18T17:41:00.002+03:002015-05-18T18:38:50.787+03:00A walk through Galata, a ferry up the Golden Horn and down to Fener/Balat...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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May 4th Meeting point: Beyazit tram stop</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px; text-align: left;">We will start at the second hand book Bazaar, and through some caravansaries onto a spectacular rooftop to observe the morning light over the Bosphorus. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px; text-align: left;">A walk through the Universities' back streets and a visit to the Kalenderhane mosque, originally a 7th century Byzantine church with beautiful colored marble panels: Continuing through the picturesque neighborhood of Vefa we make a stop at the perfectly preserved historical cafe, over to the Valans Aquaduct where men sit under it's arches sipping tea, we finish this part walking through the meat market street and with a short taxi ride to the Greek Patriarch, Lunch in the quaint Forno restaurant of Fener and up to the Greek Orthodox church of Mary of the Mongols which is back to back with the wonderful Red Greek school.</span></span></div>
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